Cocaine and Ashes Words and Music by Son Volt "American Central Dust" Chorus Chords for Intro: G C G Em D G [ D ]I’ve had strychnine, I [ C ] thought I was [ G ] dead I [ D ] snorted my father and [ C ] I’m still a [ Em ]live I [ D ] did because that’s [ C ] how it is [ G ] done I’m the [ D ] same as everyone, just [ C ] kinda [ C/B ]lucky [ G ] Body and soul, [ C ] Cocaine and [ G ] Ashes [ Em ] Get to that place [ D ] in time Tears and blow in my [ G ] mind [ D ] It’s no way of life but I’ve [ C ] tried everything [ G ]once I [ D ] have no pretensions of [ C ] immortali [ Em ] ty [ D ] I’ve been told I had [ C ] six months to [ G ]live But [ D ] I’ve outlasted them [ C ] all [ C/B ] [ G ] Body and soul, [ C ] Cocaine and [ G ] Ashes [ Em ] Get to that place [ D ] in time Tears and blow in my [ G ] mind [ D ] Senses and Spirit, [ C ] mourning and [ G ] misery [ D ] Addiction is somethin I should [ C ] know somethin [ Em ] about [ D ] Whatever gets done I know that [ C ] I’ll be [ G ] blamed They say the [ D ] king is the man who [ C ] can [ C/B ] [ G ] Body and soul, [ C ] Cocaine and [ G ] Ashes [ Em ] Get to that place [ D ] in time Tears and blow in my [ G ] mind [ G ] Body and soul, [ C ] Cocaine and [ G ] Ashes [ Em ] Get to that place [ D ] in time Tears and blow in my [ G ] mind [ G ] Body and soul, [ C ] Cocaine and [ G ] Ashes [ Em ] Get to that place [ D ] in time Tears and blow in my [ G ] mind